India title Sooryavanshi in T20 squad

India named Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of their T20 squad on Saturday, handing the 15-year-old sensation his maiden worldwide call-up after a string of breathtaking performances within the home league.

Selectors additionally fired Suryakumar Yadav as captain following a poor run of type, simply three months after he led the nation to World Cup glory at dwelling.

Shreyas Iyer, who final performed a T20 for India in December 2023, was named as the brand new skipper for the upcoming two T20 internationals in Eire, 5 matches in England and the Asian Video games in Japan.

India will play Eire on June 26 and 28 in Belfast. The England collection will start on July 1 in Chester-le-Avenue. The Asian Video games will happen in September and October.

Teenager Sooryavanshi seized the limelight together with his stellar showings within the Indian Premier League, which ended final week.

Taking part in for Rajasthan Royals, he topped the batting charts with 776 runs — together with 100, and 5 half-centuries — and was named the IPL’s most dear participant.

The left-handed opener may cap his gorgeous rise by changing into India’s youngest-ever debutant, beating Sachin Tendulkar who performed his first Take a look at at 16 years and 205 days in 1989.

Chief selector Ajit Agarkar stated Sooryavanshi deserved his choice.

“For somebody so younger to carry out and constantly again himself in such high-pressure and aggressive environments is actually particular,” Agarkar stated at a press briefing in Mumbai.

“We now have very excessive hopes for him and are excited to see how he develops on the worldwide degree.”

‘Greatest approach ahead’

The change of captaincy was anticipated after Suryakumar struggled with the bat on the World Cup and within the IPL.

Within the World Cup, he scored simply 242 runs in 9 innings, together with his unbeaten 84 towards the US the one important knock.

Taking part in for Mumbai Indians within the IPL, the 35-year-old managed solely 270 runs in 13 innings at a mean of 20.76.

His staff ended ninth within the 10-team desk.

“It is a powerful one (to take away Suryakumar), having simply received the World Cup, however because it occurs after most World Cups, you try to reassess what your greatest approach ahead is,” stated Agarkar.

“We thought this was the easiest way ahead.”

Iyer’s popularity as a great chief and an IPL-winning captain helped him clinch the job.

He led Kolkata Knight Riders to the title in 2024 after which captained Punjab Kings to a runners-up end in 2025.

This season he guided the staff into the play-offs.

Kohli out

Indian batting star Virat Kohli has been dominated out of the upcoming one-day worldwide cricket collection towards Afghanistan on account of damage, chief selector Ajit Agarkar stated on Saturday.

Kohli, 37, who led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their second straight IPL title on Sunday, will miss the three ODI matches beginning on June 13 in Dharamsala.

Yashasvi Jaiswal has been named as Kohli’s substitute.

Kohli solely performs the 50-over format for India after quitting Take a look at and T20 internationals.

He was in prolific type in the course of the current IPL, scoring 675 runs at a mean of 56.25, together with an unbeaten 75 within the closing towards Gujarat Titans.

“It is simply been lower than every week since he (Kohli) injured himself within the (IPL) finals,” Agarkar advised a media briefing in Mumbai.

“We do not know the timelines but however it seems like he is perhaps match for that England one-day collection (subsequent month).”

The supply of Rohit Sharma, one other veteran batsman, for the collection stays unclear. Rohit was chosen within the squad topic to health.

Squad for Eire and England: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Tilak Varma (vice-capt), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Nitish Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Squad for Asian Video games: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Tilak Varma (vice-capt), Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shivam Dube, Nitish Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh.